Lington jones



Patented Mar. I4, I899.

S. H. A. JONES.

SELF ACTING LUBBIC ATOB.

(Application filed June 30, 1898.)

No. 62l,096.

(No Model.)

1 EGG/3252' Jones 75 h v j UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIDNEY HERBERT ARLINGTON ONES, OF FAIRFIELD,NEW SOUTH WALES.

SELF-ACTING LU BRICATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,096, dated March14, 1899.

Application filed Tune 1898. Serial No. 684,890. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIDNEY HERBERT AR- I LINGTON J ONES, a subject ofthe Queen of Great Britain,residing at Fairfield,New South Wales, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Self-Acting Lubricatorsfor Plumber-Blocks, Machinery and EngineBearings, Journalsfor'Railway-Trucks, and the Like, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to self-acting lubricators for plu mber-blocks andmachinery and engine bearings and it consists of the features ofconstruction and arrangement hereinafter pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an end view of the invention, one half ofthe figure being shown in elevation and the other half in section. Fig.2 is a section on line A B of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on line 0 D ofFig. 1.

The plumber-block is of ordinary construction, comprising upper andlower parts 1 2, held together adjustably by bolts 3 to retain thebearing-brass b. This brass has an open in go" in its lower side whichflares downwardly, and below this opening, extending from one side tothe other of the plu1nber-b1ock,is the recess f, which also flaresdownwardly. The upper opening of the recess is slightly wider than thelower mouth of the flared opening 2', and into the recess f a box gis.p1aced,which is of tapered cross-section and which corresponds withthe shape of the recess, and the upper edge of this box, as shown inFig. 1, lies outside thelips 2', which extend downwardly from the edgeof the flared opening 2" of the brass. Within the box g a ball is isplaced to float on the body of oil in the box, and this ball is of sucha size as to extend up into the opening i, so as to contact with thejournal to be lubricated and which bears in the brass b. The box is heldin place by a wedge j, as shown in Fig. 3. The box extends with its endsbeyond the ends of the brass, and as its upper side is open it will beseen from Fig. 2 that any surplus oil running from the ends of the brasswill drop into the open top of the box at these projecting ends, and forthe purpose of better controlling this surplus oil to the box the brasshas grooves e at its ends and the edge of the brass is cut away at e,form= ing openings for the escape of the surplus oil from the grooves 6back into the box.

'I claim 1. In combination, the plumberblock 0'. having a recess thereinin addition to the opening to receive the brass, the brass thereinhaving the opening, a box fitting in said recess with its open topcommunicating with the opening in the brass and the float in the boxextending up through the opening in the brassto engage the axle,substantially as described.

2. In combination, the plumber-block having a recess therein, the brasshaving an opening and having grooves e at its ends and openings c, and abox 9 adapted to a recess in the block and having its open endsextending beyond the brass to receive the surplus oil through theopenings 6, substantially as de* scribed.

'3. In combination, the plumber-block. having a recess therein, thebrass having an opening and having grooves c at its ends and a box 9adapted to the recess-in the block and having its open ends extendingbeyond the brass to receive the surplus oil, substantially as described.

4. In combination, the plumber-block having a recess f, a brass having atapered opening in its lower side and having lips 2' depending from theedge thereof, the box g adapted to the said recess and a wedge forholding the box in place.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

SIDNEY HERBERT ARLINGTON JONES-

